Seder (disambiguation)
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Seder (Template:Lang-he-n; plural: סדרימ sedarim) is a Hebrew word meaning "order" or "sequence", and can have any of the following meanings:
For Jewish holidays
- Passover Seder, a ritualized dinner observed during Passover
- A seder for the minor Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat, modeled on the Passover Seder
In the Hebrew Bible
- A portion of a biblical book in the masoretic text of the Tanakh
- A colloquial term for the weekly Torah portion in the annual cycle of reading the Torah
Relating to Talmudic texts
- One of the six orders (major sections) of the Mishnah
- A study session in a daily yeshiva schedule, lasting one or more hours, dedicated to the preparation and review of Talmudic texts by chavrutas (learning partners)
In Jewish liturgy
- An order of prayers that constitutes a liturgy
- A related section of service within a given liturgy; for example: the seder of sounding the shofar
In Jewish mysticism
- Seder hishtalshelus, a concept in kabbalah about the nature of God